Wine Gladdens the Heart of Man/ wine gladdens (cheers) the heart of man
Wine can cause joy in a person's heart.
("And wine makes a man's heart glad, to make his face shine with oil, and bread makes a man's heart glad" - Tahilim Kad Tu, and so: "Rava Rami: It is said, "And wine makes a man glad," and Korin makes a man glad, his joy is justified, his sorrow is not justified. And this is what Rava said: Wine and the fragrances of the heavens enlighten me" - Yoma Av, and so: "Wine that is inherited, it makes a man glad "Man/ He is even more arrogant than the head, he is a source of laughter" - Nathan Alterman/ The Wine Poem)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יַיִן יְשַׂמַּח לְבַב אֱנוֹשׁ
Definition (Hebrew)
הַיַּיִן יָכוֹל לִגְרֹם לְשִׂמְחָה בְּלֵב אָדָם.
("וְיַיִן יְשַׂמַּח לְבַב אֱנוֹשׁ לְהַצְהִיל פָּנִים מִשָּׁמֶן, וְלֶחֶם לְבַב אֱנוֹשׁ יִסְעָד"- תְּהִלִּים קַד טוּ, וְכֵן:"רַבָּא רָמִי: נֶאֱמַר "וְיַיִן יִשְׂמַח", וְקוֹרִין יִשְׂמַח, זָכָה מְשַׂמְּחוֹ, לֹא זָכָה מְשַׁמְּמוֹ. וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר רָבָא: יַיִן וּבְשָׂמִים פִּקְחוֹנִי"- יוֹמָא עו ע"ב, וְכֵן:"יֵין תִּירוֹשׁ הוּא יִשְׂמַח לְבַב אֱנוֹשׁ/ הוּא אַף גַּם לְרֹאשׁ הוּא מִתְפָּרֵץ הַלֵּץ"- נָתָן אַלְתֶּרְמָן/ שִׁיר הַיַּיִן)